Selichoth Ke-minhag Medinoth Schwaben u-Schweiz [Penitential prayers according to the rite of Schwabia and Switzerland]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $400

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author

(SWITZERLAND)

printer

Hirsch ben Chaim of Fuerth

Place

Wilhermsdorf

Publication

1737

Description

Title between architectural columns. On title, stamp of "Dr. J. Perles, Rabbiner" (see below)

references

Vinograd, Wilhermsdorf 179

summary

Prayers according to the custom of the Jews of Switzerland. Joseph Perles (1835-1894) was one of the first graduates of the Breslau Rabbinical Seminary founded by Zechariah Frankel. His contributions to Jewish scholarship include monographs on the medieval greats R. Moses ben Nachman (Ramban) and R. Solomon ben Adereth (Rashba). See JE, Vol. IX, pp. 642-3; EJ, Vol. XIII, cols. 293-4

ff. (2), 61. Title tape repaired. ff.1-5 with text supplied in old hand. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn. Folio

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